Over the next hill
Subtitle: an ethnography of RVing seniors in North America
By: Dorothy Ayers Counts, David Reese Counts.
Contributors: Counts, David R.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Recreational vehicle living -- Social aspects -- United States.; Recreational vehicle living -- Social aspects -- Canada.; Older people -- United States -- Social life and customs.; Older people -- Canada -- Social life and customs.; Older people -- Travel -- United States.; Older people -- Travel -- Canada.
Description: "Living either full or part time in a recreational vehicle has been an alternative lifestyle in North America since the 1920s. By the 1930s Wally Byam's Airstream company could not keep up with the demand for his self-contained "house trailers." And today "RVing" has become so widespread that, for perhaps two million retired North Americans, home is a recreational vehicle.

In this book, anthropologists Dorothy and David Counts tell the story of their research living the life of RVing seniors in trailer parks, "boondocking" sites on government land, laundromats, and other meeting places across the continent.".

"This edition expands the original 1996 text, including an extended section on working RVers and on the CARE center (Continued Assistance for Retired Escapees) in Livingston, TX. The CARE center is a unique and innovative experiment that provides inexpensive assisted living and adult daycare for RVers who must hang up their keys because of age or infirmity, but who want to continue their participation in the RVing community.".

"A new appendix (Appendix 5) offers information, resources and suggestions for people who want to try serious RVing but need help getting started. The authors include a list of websites providing resources and information for both experienced and novice RVers.

The list includes sources for RVing families, single RVers, those interested in a particular kind of RVing style ("boondockers," for example), people who want to rent an RV, organizations for RVers with special interests (former military, Canadians, etc.). There is updated information on Canadian provincial residence rules defining eligibility for provincial medical care programs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.